Medical
Human testing for a coronavirus vaccine that could be ready in August
The trials on first set of patients will begin soon. This research group is made up of experts from both the academic and business worlds, who are working jointly to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 "as soon as possible" with the intention of then getting it into mass production. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: Concerns over reuse of protective medical kit
Dr Paoloni said in a statement: "It is an indictment of the UK's response that it is now having to draw upon emergency World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines which will inevitably place healthcare workers and patients at greater risk from Covid-19 or other cross-infection". [Full Article...]
Cobble Hill Health Center Has 55 Possible COVID-19 Deaths
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today confirmed that a further 44 people diagnosed with Covid-19 in Ireland have died. "These have been surreal times , and we are suffering, as is everybody else", said Dr Roy Goldberg, medical director at Kings Harbor Multicare Center, a 720-bed home which reported 45 deaths. [Full Article...]
Elon Musk in Twitter spat with California governor, CNN over ventilators claim
Musk promised last month to send more than 1,000 ventilators to California hospitals at no charge. His promise was echoed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom , who later said the units had arrived in L.A. "U new to this?" Despite continuous communication attempts from the Administration to hospitals, enquiring about the supply, no Tesla-supplied ventilators have reached California. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus In Ohio: DeWine Says Ohioans Must Be Protected As Businesses Reopen
The ages of total cases range from under age 1 to 106. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says plans to begin reopening businesses in Ohio continue to evolve. Surfaces are going to be cleaned quite frequently. Gov. DeWine, don't you care about the elderly, the people with serious underlying conditions, the children, the vulnerable, and the people who are yet to suffer and die if you sacrifice them for th... [Full Article...]
Governor begins to reopen Texas
Beginning at 11:59pm on April 21 through 11:59pm on May 8, all licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities must continue to postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary to diagnose or correct a serious medical condition of, or to preserve the life of, a patient who without timely performance of the surgery or procedure would be at risk for s... [Full Article...]
COVID-19 cases in Japan cross 10,000
The number of Covid-19 cases in Japan topped 10,000 yesterday as the country hunkered down for its first weekend under a nationwide state of emergency , haunted by the spectre of a breakdown of the healthcare system. Last month it conducted just 16% of the number of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests that South Korea did, according to data from Oxford University. [Full Article...]
BC health officials update COVID-19 modelling
An extensive briefing by Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Friday made clear there won't be any light-switch moment when life suddenly returns to normal. "We can not afford a resurgence that will undo all of the effort and sacrifices we have made so far", says Henry. "We are experiencing a slowing of our rate of new infections, and we want that to conti... [Full Article...]